Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
3. Cheek, John, 1948-
4. Hong, Hei-Kyung
5. Van Allan, Richard
6. Di Franco, Loretta
7. Otter, Anne Sofie von
8. Hampson, Thomas
9. Sénéchal, Michel
10. Alexander, Roberta
11. Courtney, James, 1946-
12. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994.
13. Blackwell, Harolyn
14. Elder, Mark, 1947-
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
16. Horne, Marilyn
17. Mohr, Richard
18. Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014.
19. Downes, Edward, 1911-
20. Livingstone, William
21. Woitach, Richard
22. Purdy, Christopher
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
24. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

1. 5 sound discs (232 min.) : digital ; stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series statement

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 31, 1988]

Uniform title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
3. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

1. Operas

Genre/Form

1. Live sound recordings.

Contents

1. CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act I (Peter Allen) ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II -- CD 3. Act III ; Synopsis of Act IV (Allen) -- CD 4. Act IV ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 5. Opera News on the air (Richard Mohr, host, with Sid Caesar) ; Synopsis of Act II (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with William Livingstone, Richard Woitach and Christopher Purdy) ; Synopsis of Act III (Allen).

Call number

1. *LTCM 539 (F)

Note

1. Sung in Italian.
2. Durations: 0:48:36 (synopses and features) ; 3:05:12 (opera).
3. Compact disc.
4. Production notes and official cast list (5 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (filed under classmark : *LTCM 539 (F).
5. House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed in (note)

1. Opera news

Event (note)

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 31, 1988.

Reproduction (note)

1. Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 539 (F)

Author

1. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Title

1. Le Nozze di Figaro [sound recording] : opera in four acts / music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on the work by Beaumarchais.

Playing time

1. 004836 030512

Series

1. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 31, 1988]
2. Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Dec. 31, 1988]

Performer

1. John Cheek (Figaro) ; Hei-Kyung Hong (Susanna) ; Richard Van Allan (Don Bartolo) ; Loretta Di Franco (Marcellina) ; Anne Sofie von Otter (Cherubino) ; Thomas Hampson (Count Almaviva) ; Michel Sénéchal (Don Basilio) ; Roberta Alexander (Countess Almaviva) ; James Courtney (Antonio) ; Andrea Velis (Don Curzio) ; Harolyn Blackwell (Barbarina) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Mark Elder, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed in:

1. Opera news, v. 53, no. 7 (Dec. 24, 1988).

Event

1. Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Dec. 31, 1988.

Original version

1. Cassette tapes re-recorded at NYPL in Nov. 1991, from borrowed masters (4 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

1. Cassette copy (4 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 539 (F)

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838. Librettist
2. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro.
3. Cheek, John, 1948- Performer
4. Hong, Hei-Kyung. Performer
5. Van Allan, Richard. Performer
6. Di Franco, Loretta. Performer
7. Otter, Anne Sofie von. Performer
8. Hampson, Thomas. Performer
9. Sénéchal, Michel. Performer
10. Alexander, Roberta. Performer
11. Courtney, James, 1946- performer
12. Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994. Performer
13. Blackwell, Harolyn. Performer
14. Elder, Mark, 1947- Conductor
15. Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
16. Horne, Marilyn. Commentator
17. Mohr, Richard. Commentator
18. Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014. Commentator
19. Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
20. Livingstone, William. Commentator
21. Woitach, Richard. Commentator
22. Purdy, Christopher. Commentator
23. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Opera news on the air (Radio program)
2. Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added title

1. Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *LTCM 539 (F) Cassette copy. (Production notes in listening room). Use service copy in *LDC 31955.
2. *LDC 31955 Service copy.